Category: Geek
Articles tagged “geek” usually contain complex instructions that you’ll need some familiarity with OS X to manage.
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Control Your Cable Box With Your Mac On The Cheap!
If you’re a digital cable TV subscriber in the United States you may have noticed the FireWire port on the back of your cable box. The most common assumption about this port is that it’s something for service technicians only but it’s actually something you can use to control your cable box, if you ask the right questions!
Control Your Computer Based On Proximity And Location
Ever realised that you can set up your computer so it will do different things depending on whether you are close with your Bluetooth phone, and on what wireless networks are available.
Customize Firefox 3 Zooming
Firefox version 3 has been released for a while now, so a lot of users are exploring its possibilities. One of the great accessibility-related things new to Firefox 3 is full page zoom, where zooming in enlarges not just the text but also the images and the whole layout of the page – so it’s more like magnifying the page than just enlarging the text. I wanted to tweak it to my specific requirements though – here’s how.
iNavigate – New head mouse software for OS X
iNavigate is a new head-mouse which uses an iSight camera and is implemented entirely in software in a similar manner to Windows’ “CameraMouse” program.
Adapt KeyStrokes Keyboards with LayoutKitchen
Now that KeyStrokes and LayoutKitchen work together, I have adapted the stardard KeyStrokes keyboards to work more the way I want them to. Here’s how to do the same for yourself.
Dvorak Keyboard Layout – Switching
Switching to the Dvorak keyboard layout doesn’t cost anything but it does take time and effort. Here’s how to go about it, and why it’s worth the energy to do so.
Use Your Regular Keyboard As A Perkins Braille Keyboard
Use ControllerMate to turn your regular keyboard into a Perkins Braille Keyboard for Grade 1 English Braille input!
Dasher – A keyboard alternative for mouse users
Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used – for example, when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse; when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker); on a palmtop [...]
Ovolab Phlink
Ovolab Phlink turns your Mac into a powerful answering machine and telephone information center.
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